easy to blame russia, (and indeed russia contains severe faults for legitimate reproach – deceit and facism – ie remember that dude putin poisoned not long ago, so i’m not trivializing their capacity for evil) – but the inside word is like a repeat of coaxing saddam to gas the kurds, the U.S. has found a way to once again play good guy in dishonest way) – U.S. encourages little georgia to provoke big old russia, knowing damn well they (our “westernized” ally) is vulnerable. so we promise support, and encourage their rebellion (arbitrarily, while our own troops are spread thin) – and basically set them up in a predictable plot to incur russia’s wrath. this helps mcaine and the military industrial complex part to now more